From 7cf1387e33c57a636054dd5d1b94cc6628a38ed6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Mitchell Krog (Desktop)" Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 12:16:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added information regarding the super RefererSpamBlocker tool for Analytics --- README.md | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 75b5af154..4b1f9d4d0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -219,8 +219,15 @@ For this a simple google-exclude.txt file has been created for you and it is upd when the Nginx Blocker is updated. ###To stop Ghost Spam on On Analytics -Navigate to your Google Analytics Admin panel and add a Segment. This will need to be done on each and every site -where you want this filter to be in effect. +Navigate to your Google Analytics Admin panel and add a Segment. (New Segment > Advanced > Conditions) +This will need to be done on each and every site where you want this filter to be in effect. +Google has a stupid limit on the length of the regex so you need to break it up into multiple exclude filters + +#BUT + +Rather check out the awesome [Referer Spam Blocker](https://referrerspamblocker.com) +for Google Analytics which uses a collaborated source of spam domains and automatically adds all the filters to your +Analytics sites for you in 2 easy clicks and it is FREE. | Filter | Session | Include | | :-------------: |:-------------:|:----------------------------------------:|